15 November 2011: No-one likes high prices and the price of fuel has gone up a lot in the last couple of years. We shouldn't be pricing people out of being able to get to work or get to the shops but we need to make sure that people have real options to get around.

8 November 2011: MPs on the transport select committee have just published a report backing HS2. But there's a big warning – it has to be part of a proper transport strategy if it's not to be a waste of money.